Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern
Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the
road.

As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the
Navajo woman if she would like a ride.

With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car.

Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk
with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently
at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a
brown bag on the seat next to Sally.

'What's in the bag?' asked the old woman.

Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, 'It's a bottle of wine. I
got it for my husband.'

The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then
speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said:

'Good trade.....'

"Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it. The presidency is
less an office than a performance."

President Harry Truman
(1884 - 1972)

Think you have command over
your body? Try this....while sitting down, lift your right foot
off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw
the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change
direction and there's nothing you can do about it.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it
wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef
but the wrod as a wlohe.

One day as I was driving
away from the house, I glanced at my front door and saw something unusual.
It was a bull snake, slowly coming out of the dryer vent. As I approached,
he didn't seem scared, but kept motioning his head and body toward my front
door. I said to the snake that I had to run some errands in town for a few
hours, but that if he was still there when I got back, he could come in.

When I got back, he was
still by the front door. I opened it and he crawled right in, first
heading for the wood pile by my fireplace, then the more soothing darkness and
comfort of the front closet. That night, New Mexico got hit by a one of
the strongest winter storms in its history.

Penser is still living
with me, freely roaming in the house, taking care of rodents living under
the house, and eating any live mice I buy at the pet store. I'm sure
as the warmth of spring emerges, he'll want to get back outside. For
now, he seems quite satisfied, hanging out under the stove, in the pantry,
or in the sunlight on the floor. Feeding happens once a week
when I put a large jar with some mice near the stove.

At the bottom of the
page I've included some short movie clips if you want to see him in action.

This next
set of images came from a friend - their bull snake crawled into one of the
bird nesting boxes on their property. Their snake, having just gobbled
up 4 baby birds, was so thick he couldn't exit the nest, so they had to
dissemble the box!

(These movies are short clips, but large file sizes - 10 MB or more - don't
attempt downloading unless you have high-speed Internet)